By President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, charged the
chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru
Jega to ensure that all eligible Nigerians who registered to vote are provided
with their permanent voter’s registration cards.
Speaking while swearing in a new national Commissioner of
the commission, representing Oyo state, President Jonathan said no Nigerian should be disenfranchised
because of his inability to get the PVC.
Professor Jega, who was also present at the swearing in of
the new commissioner promised that every eligible Nigerian would be provided
with a PVC before the next month’s
general elections.
According to President Jonathan the huge interests shown by
Nigerians from all walks of life in getting their voter’s card was an
indication that confidence is being restored in the electoral process.
“Nigerians are getting worried whether INEC can actually
conduct elections because of the PVC. Talking about the PVC, even some
governors are complaining that they are yet to get their PVC. If governors are
yet to get their voter’s cards, of course that means that so many Nigerians are
yet to get and people are a bit worried.
“But to me I’m quite pleased, not pleased in the negative
sense, but because of the awareness that
has come on; that Nigerians want to have
their voter’s cards. In 2011, no
Nigerian will complain about voter’s card and that’s why when some politicians
talk I just laugh. Before 2011 how many Nigerians complained about not having
voter’s card because elections were not conducted with voter’s cards. Nobody
cared, we are all adults in Nigeria and we knew what was happening.
By
President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, charged the chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega to
ensure that all eligible Nigerians who registered to vote are provided
with their permanent voter’s registration cards.
Speaking while swearing in a new national Commissioner of the commission, representing Oyo state, President Jonathan said no Nigerian should be disenfranchised because of his inability to get the PVC.
Professor Jega, who was also present at the swearing in of the new commissioner promised that every eligible Nigerian would be provided with a PVC before the next month’s general elections.
According to President Jonathan the huge interests shown by Nigerians from all walks of life in getting their voter’s card was an indication that confidence is being restored in the electoral process.
“Nigerians are getting worried whether INEC can actually conduct elections because of the PVC. Talking about the PVC, even some governors are complaining that they are yet to get their PVC. If governors are yet to get their voter’s cards, of course that means that so many Nigerians are yet to get and people are a bit worried.
“But to me I’m quite pleased, not pleased in the negative sense, but because of the awareness that has come on; that Nigerians want to have their voter’s cards. In 2011, no Nigerian will complain about voter’s card and that’s why when some politicians talk I just laugh. Before 2011 how many Nigerians complained about not having voter’s card because elections were not conducted with voter’s cards. Nobody cared, we are all adults in Nigeria and we knew what was happening.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/every-registered-nigerian-must-get-voters-card-jonathan-tells-jega/#sthash.2VLN7k2n.dpuf
Speaking while swearing in a new national Commissioner of the commission, representing Oyo state, President Jonathan said no Nigerian should be disenfranchised because of his inability to get the PVC.
Professor Jega, who was also present at the swearing in of the new commissioner promised that every eligible Nigerian would be provided with a PVC before the next month’s general elections.
According to President Jonathan the huge interests shown by Nigerians from all walks of life in getting their voter’s card was an indication that confidence is being restored in the electoral process.
“Nigerians are getting worried whether INEC can actually conduct elections because of the PVC. Talking about the PVC, even some governors are complaining that they are yet to get their PVC. If governors are yet to get their voter’s cards, of course that means that so many Nigerians are yet to get and people are a bit worried.
“But to me I’m quite pleased, not pleased in the negative sense, but because of the awareness that has come on; that Nigerians want to have their voter’s cards. In 2011, no Nigerian will complain about voter’s card and that’s why when some politicians talk I just laugh. Before 2011 how many Nigerians complained about not having voter’s card because elections were not conducted with voter’s cards. Nobody cared, we are all adults in Nigeria and we knew what was happening.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/every-registered-nigerian-must-get-voters-card-jonathan-tells-jega/#sthash.2VLN7k2n.dpuf
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